29 Jun
2007
29 Jun
'07
6:14 p.m.
On 29 Jun 2007 at 23:36, Tony Duell wrote:
Oh come on. There's a big difference between
writing an extension ROM,
which follows a well-docuemtned pattern, to implement a well-documented
function and replacing the procesosr, memory system (I doubt you'll get
anywhere with XP in 640K), expanding the address bus, replacing the video
system (XP won't run on nn MDA or CGA card), etc, etc, etc.
And yet, that's pretty close to what some folks were doing. ;)
Witness the Microsoft Mach 20 (80286, memory, floppy (HD support)) or
the Intel Inboard 386 PC/XT. Folks were willing to spend a lot to
keep that funky 5160 case! :)
Cheers,
Chuck